The rare earth element (REE) industry stands front and centre in Malaysia’s high-tech development scenario and has immense potential. From 2024 to 2032, the global REE market is expected to expand from US$3.74 billion (RM16 billion) to US$8.14 billion, with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10.2%. Malaysia can expect to monetise REE deposits...
THE space economy is set to reach USD1.8 trillion (RM8.6 trillion) by 2035, according to a report from the World Economic Forum in partnership with McKinsey & Company. This marks an estimated average growth rate of nine per cent per annum mainly driven by space-based or enabled technologies such as communications, positioning, navigation and earth...
Many Malaysians will have heard or read about Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s successful recent missions to Australia and Germany. His erudite responses to questions about Hamas drove home the point that conflict in Gaza did not start on Oct 7 but almost eight decades ago, when hundreds of thousands of Palestine Arabs started...
While the ratio of government expenditure to Malaysia’s gross domestic product is forecast to decline by a total of 1.9% from 2023 to reach a new low of 20.75% in 2028, it remains a significant contributor to the nation’s economy. Public procurement, while meeting many social and economic needs, is also an important policy tool...
ON Aug 29, UCSI University established a new Centre of Excellence — the International Institute of Science Diplomacy and Sustainability (IISDS). The vision is to position the university as a leader in science diplomacy and sustainability for the betterment of Malaysia’s interests and those of Asean’s and the Global South’s. Such institutes are normally found...
